If the temperature of the SSD exceeds the permitted conditions as a result of constantly processing I/O at high speeds, it may result in damaging the internal hardware of the SSD and causing data loss. To prevent such loss, SSDs activate an automatic temperature control feature to prevent hardware damage and user data loss from increasing temperatures. If the temperature exceeds the permitted range, SSDs force the I/O processing to be delayed to drop the heat generated by the SSD to protect the hardware and user data.